Prostate Cancer Statistics & Stages

Statistics: A man is 35% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than a woman is to be diagnosed with breast cancer
Older age, African American race, and a family history of the disease can all increase the likelihood of a man being diagnosed with the disease.
As men increase in age, their risk of developing prostate cancer increases exponentially. Although only 1 in 10,000 under age 40 will be diagnosed, the rate shoots up to 1 in 38 for ages 40 to 59, and 1 in 14 for ages 60 to 69. More than 65% of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65.
African American men are 61% more likely to develop prostate cancer compared with Caucasian men and nearly 2.5 times as likely to die from the disease.
There are 4 stages of Prostate Cancer
Stage 1: the cancer is very small and completely inside the prostate gland which feels normal when a rectal examination is done
Stage 2: the cancer is still inside the prostate gland, but is larger and a lump or hard area can be felt when a rectal examination is done
Stage 3: the cancer has broken through the covering of the prostate and may have grown into the neck of the bladder or the seminal vesicle
Stage 4: the cancer has spread to another part of the body

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